John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move, shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Candy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Oct 30, 1950 In Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 55
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Class of '44 1973-04-10
- Latest Project:
- Movie Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon 2015-01-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon | Self / Actor (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
| Movie | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Spaceballs: The Documentary | Himself | 2005-05-05 |
| Movie | Canadian Bacon | Sheriff Bud B. Boomer | 1995-06-08 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| Movie | Hostage for a Day | Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) | 1994-04-25 |
| Movie | Wagons East! | James Harlow | 1994-08-16 |
| Movie | Rookie of the Year | Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited) | 1993-07-07 |
| Movie | Cool Runnings | Irv | 1993-10-01 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Crime | Augie Morosco | 1992-03-06 |
| Movie | Boris and Natasha | Kalishak | 1992-04-17 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh (uncredited) | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Nothing but Trouble | Dennis / Eldona | 1991-02-15 |
| Movie | Delirious | Jack Gable | 1991-08-09 |
| Movie | Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 |
| Movie | JFK | Dean Andrews | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Seriously... Phil Collins | Self | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | Masters of Menace | Beer Truck Driver | 1990-09-06 |
| Movie | Home Alone | Gus Polinski | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | The Rescuers Down Under | Wilbur (voice) | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | Speed Zone | Charlie | 1989-04-21 |
| Movie | Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb | 1989-02-03 |
| Movie | Rocket Boy | 1989-06-01 | |
| Series | Camp Candy | 1989-09-09 | |
| Movie | Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? | Himself | 1989-10-02 |
| Movie | Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | 1989-08-16 |
| Movie | She's Having a Baby | Chet (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
| Movie | The Best of SCTV | 1988-09-05 | |
| Movie | Spaceballs | Barf | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 |
| Movie | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 |
| Movie | The Canadian Conspiracy | Various | 1986-06-08 |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
| Movie | Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan | 1985-05-22 |
| Movie | The Last Polka | Yosh Shmenge | 1985-04-15 |
| Movie | Summer Rental | Jack Chester | 1985-08-09 |
| Movie | Volunteers | Tom Tuttle | 1985-08-16 |
| Movie | Splash | Freddie Bauer | 1984-03-09 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Vacation | Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld | 1983-07-29 |
| Movie | Going Berserk | John Bourgignon | 1983-09-30 |
| Movie | Stripes | Dewey "Ox" Oxberger | 1981-06-26 |
| Movie | Heavy Metal | Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) | 1981-08-07 |
| Movie | The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog | Pinky | 1980-01-20 |
| Movie | The Blues Brothers | Burton Mercer | 1980-06-16 |
| Movie | Double Negative | John | 1980-05-12 |
| Movie | Lost and Found | Carpentier | 1979-07-13 |
| Movie | 1941 | Pvt. Foley | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | The Silent Partner | Simonsen | 1978-09-07 |
| Movie | The Clown Murders | Ollie | 1976-09-17 |
| Movie | Tunnel Vision | Cooper | 1976-03-12 |
| Series | Second City Television | 1976-09-21 | |
| Movie | Find the Lady | Kopek | 1976-11-11 |
| Movie | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Kopek | 1975-09-11 |
| Movie | Class of '44 | Paule (uncredited) | 1973-04-10 |